MarketWatch, a leading publisher of business and financial news, offers users up-to-the minute news, investment tools, and subscription products. http://www.marketwatch.com/ en-us Copyright © Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All rights reserved. Fri, 22 May 2026 16:35:01 GMT 60 https://www.marketwatch.com/rss/marketwatch.gif http://www.marketwatch.com/ WP-MKTW-0005001681 For only the 10th time in eight decades, a new Fed chair has been sworn in. Stocks are rising, as is historically typical, even if the last two swear-ins saw sharp selloffs. https://www.marketwatch.com/story/warsh-gets-a-much-warmer-wall-street-welcome-as-fed-chair-than-his-recent-predecessors-a615f23f?mod=mw_rss_topstories Fri, 22 May 2026 16:27:00 GMT Tomi Kilgore Getty Images Wall Street greeted new Fed Chair Kevin Warsh — shown at his Senate confirmation hearing — with a rally. WP-MKTW-0005003342 JP Morgan Chase CEO warned of credit-market ‘cockroaches.’ But opaque AI loans and excessive leverage — ‘credit termites’ — are hollowing out the economy. https://www.marketwatch.com/story/credit-termites-are-lurking-in-the-bond-market-and-eating-away-at-your-portfolio-3f6be6e9?mod=mw_rss_topstories Fri, 22 May 2026 16:21:00 GMT Satyajit Das Getty Images WP-MKTW-0005009323 Market downturns typically tag new central-bank leaders. And Warsh faces a tough choice between crushing demand or saving the bull market. https://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-new-fed-chair-curse-and-100-plus-oil-are-already-testing-kevin-warsh-and-the-stock-market-718b919d?mod=mw_rss_topstories Fri, 22 May 2026 16:11:00 GMT Vlad Signorelli MarketWatch photo illustration/Getty Images, iStockphoto WP-MKTW-0005015399 President Donald Trump and new Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh appeared together Friday at the White House for Warsh’s swearing-in ceremony. https://www.marketwatch.com/story/trump-tells-warsh-to-be-totally-independent-as-fed-chair-dont-look-at-me-president-says-051c3740?mod=mw_rss_topstories Fri, 22 May 2026 16:09:00 GMT Victor Reklaitis Getty Images WP-MKTW-0005015328 A long-running survey of how Americans feel about the economy sank to another all-time low — but not just because Democrats are furious at President Trump and his policies. https://www.marketwatch.com/story/consumer-sentiment-sinks-to-an-all-time-low-is-it-just-because-of-democrats-anger-at-trump-91efde1d?mod=mw_rss_topstories Fri, 22 May 2026 16:05:00 GMT Jeffry Bartash Spencer Platt/Getty Images WP-MKTW-0005003989 “He lived very frugally and maxed out his 401(k)s.” https://www.marketwatch.com/story/he-didnt-really-pay-attention-i-told-my-friend-he-left-millions-of-dollars-on-the-table-in-retirement-was-i-right-099bf5bb?mod=mw_rss_topstories Fri, 22 May 2026 15:55:00 GMT Quentin Fottrell Getty Images WP-MKTW-0005004047 “We plan to sell it to another family member for the appraised value.” https://www.marketwatch.com/story/i-inherited-a-house-my-cpa-says-i-should-sell-within-a-year-to-avoid-capital-gains-is-he-right-d0909486?mod=mw_rss_topstories Fri, 22 May 2026 15:30:00 GMT Quentin Fottrell Getty Images WP-MKTW-0005011616 A silver lining to the cloud of high interest rates. https://www.marketwatch.com/story/annuity-payouts-are-the-highest-theyve-been-in-years-thanks-inflation-d4d3f565?mod=mw_rss_topstories Fri, 22 May 2026 15:28:00 GMT Brett Arends Getty Images WP-MKTW-0005015533 “I was told as a kid to just put money into index funds or individual stocks, leave them alone and never sell.” https://www.marketwatch.com/story/im-in-my-30s-and-half-my-money-is-in-vanguards-information-technology-etf-is-that-risky-1bab4a66?mod=mw_rss_topstories Fri, 22 May 2026 15:20:00 GMT Aditi Shrikant Getty Images WP-MKTW-0005011833 Corporate profits can’t fix a chaotic trade war with China, climbing credit premiums and AI infrastructure limits. https://www.marketwatch.com/story/nvidia-can-deliver-chips-but-it-cant-buy-big-tech-out-of-its-credit-and-power-grid-crisis-9c114e62?mod=mw_rss_topstories Fri, 22 May 2026 14:40:00 GMT Jurica Dujmovic Patrick T. Fallon/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images